2015-02-03 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  3 FEBRUARY 2015


Previous Council Consideration

Ordinary Meeting, 28 August 2014, Item 5, Page 9
That Council note the report by the Infrastructure Assessment Officer to the Planning &
Organisation Committee Meeting dated 19 August 2014 and:
A.    Resolve to undertake an amendment to the Priority Infrastructure Plan in accordance with
      the recent amendments to the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and corresponding new
      Statutory Guideline 03/14;
B.    Request staff to prepare an amendment to Council’s Infrastructure Charges to satisfy the
      Sustainable Planning Act 2009 for presentation to a future Council meeting; and
C.    Request the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate with Unitywater regarding a simplified
      infrastructure “charges breakup” agreement applying a weighted average demand approach
      for inclusion in the future amendment to Council’s Infrastructure Charges.

Finance & Risk

Amendments to Council’s current Adopted Infrastructure Charges Resolution requires to be
undertaken before 1 July 2015 to comply with the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 amendments
dated 4 July 2014 in order for Council to continue to impose infrastructure conditions and levy
infrastructure charges on development approvals.

Consultation

External Consultation - Community & Stakeholder

Consultation was undertaken with the Local Government Association of Queensland of which
Noosa Council is a stakeholder and major contributor to their “Infrastructure Charges Think Tank”
working group.

Internal Consultation

Consultation was undertaken with the Director Corporate Services in relation to amounts and
timing of payment for refunds of unused infrastructure offsets.

Departments/Sections Consulted:

     Community Services                       X   Planning & Infrastructure
     Disaster Management & Public Order           Building & Plumbing Services
     Waste & Environmental Health                 DA Planning
     Community Facilities                         Strategic Land Use Planning
     Cultural Facilities                          Asset Design & Investigations
                                                  Asset Planning
                                                  Civil Operations
                                                  Environment

     Executive Office                         X   Corporate Services
     Community Engagement                         Finance
     Customer Service                             ICT
     Executive Support                            Procurement & Fleet
     Governance                                   Property & Facilities
     Human Resources                              Revenue Services




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